In a heart-breaking caption, he wrote: "With it being five months now and the symbolism of what happened yesterday [quitting Sky Sports] it feels the right time to do this - something I never expected or wanted to ever do.

"Her rings will now wait for the day Ethan hopefully gets to enjoy his day and if they’re half the person his mother was he’ll have done just right.

"Mine will forever remain the physical symbol of what I had and lost."

The presenter announced he was leaving his job at Sky Sports after 12 years, in order to focus on caring for his son.

He revealed in his blog: "I remember Ethan coming up to me in the lounge and through his tears he said these words: 'Daddy, you know every weekend you go away and do the football and I spend the weekend with mummy? What do I do now?'

"And they have stuck with me ever since."

Simon has since revealed that his late wife went to the doctors three times before her death, but was told to go home and rest on each occasion.

Simon appeared on This Morning in February to retell the moment he found out that his wife had passed away. In an emotional interview, he explained: "I think I woke up every one [in the hospital] as I screamed. I screamed to God saying: 'Why have you left my son without his mum?'

"I got home [afterwards] and grabbed him and looked deep into his brown eyes and said: 'They couldn't make mummy better'.

"You can't dress it up. I said: 'Mummy's died'.

"He collapsed on the floor and I collapsed there with him...

"He's been dealt a tough break in life at the age of eight, he's lost his mum already."

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